Merryvale Vineyards
Profile Estate Vineyard
2016 Cabernet Sauvignon
St. Helena
Vintage Perspective Auction
Auction 22 | Lot No. 216
Merryvale Vineyards
Profile Estate Vineyard
Vintage: 2016
Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon
Appellation: St. Helena
5 cases produced
Highlights
- This barrel lot comes from our Profile Estate Vineyard, situated on the hillside east of St. Helena
- Sourced from gravelly loam blocks of Forward and Henneke soils at an elevation of 900 feet
- Each lot selected by winemaker Simon Faury; final blend is 95% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit Verdot
- Slow native fermentation to fully integrate the components and attain a true expression of the site
Description
Family-owned Merryvale Vineyards makes its home in the first winery building constructed in the Napa Valley following Prohibition. Merryvale's Cabernet-centric portfolio includes wines that are complex, balanced and expressive of the Napa Valley sites from which they are sourced. Winemaker Simon Faury's meticulous attention to detail calls for handpicking grapes in small batches and using custom-made two- to five-ton Rieger tanks. This barrel lot comes from our Profile Estate Vineyard, situated on a hillside nearly 900 ft. in elevation, just east of St. Helena. The vineyard's volcanic rock soil provides ideal growing conditions for Cabernet Sauvignon and small-block plantings of Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc. Permanent cover crops, integrated pest management, and propagation of healthy soil microbes using compost "tea" are all at work in the vineyard, which became Fish Friendly Farming and Napa Green Certified in 2008. This complex wine is the result of incredible terroir and the care taken to allow the vineyard site to be expressed fully in the finished wine. Aged for 22 months in new French oak, it impresses with its concentration and finesse. To be bottled unfined and unfiltered.
Wine Facts
- Wine is unfiltered
- Single vineyard wine
- Sustainably produced
- Wine is 100% estate grown and bottled
- Wine is produced in a Napa Green winery
Simon Faury
Winemaker, Merryvale Vineyards
Simon Faury's early years were divided between Lyon, Champagne and the Alps. Needless to say, growing up in France -- especially the Rhone Valley --- gave him access and exposure to some of the world's greatest wines. In 2002, at the age of 17, a tasting of Cotes Rotie and Condrieu inspired him to pursue a career in the wine industry.
After school he traveled extensively working in some of the world's most prestigious wine regions including Barbaresco, Barolo, Bordeaux (Domaine de Chevalier, Chateau Pichon Longueville) and Mendoza (Bordega Michael Rolland). In the Napa Valley his resume includes Robert Mondavi, The Napa Valley Reserve, Harlan Estate and Merryvale.
As Winemaker, Simon is in charge of production at the St. Helena winery. He oversees all winemaking operations for Schlatter Family Wines, working closely with consultant Craig Williams. Simon focuses on terroir and understanding soils, develops and implements winemaking techniques, creates and fine-tunes the blends, and manages quality during bottling. Viticulturally, Simon is very involved in the farming at the Schlatter Family Estate Vineyard and works directly with the growers from whom Merryvale sources fruit. He has input and/or control over irrigation, organic farming, pruning, canopy management and crop loads.
Country born: France
Education: Simon studied Agronomy and Viticulture in Turin, Italy before earning his Winemaking Masters in Bordeaux.
Years in the wine industry: 9 years
Winemaking Philosophy:
Working with a number of varieties under diverse growing conditions has had a major impact on his philosophy and understanding of wine. "Great wines possess refinement, depth, character and personality. They elicit joy and emotion. They are the result of attention to the vineyard and respect for the fruit."
"Merryvale's Schlatter Family Estate Vineyard is one of the finest sites in Napa. It is a beauty capable of producing tremendous Cabernets from its diverse terroir. As we expand our understanding of this extraordinary hillside property we can refine our viticultural and winemaking practices to develop even more depth, density and smoothness in our wines."
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Winery Distribution
Merryvale Vineyards is distributed in the following markets. Please contact the winery directly for the most up-to-date distribution information and to explore commercial opportunities.
Merryvale Vineyards Contact: Toni Hunt
Domestic:
- California ( RNDC )
- Colorado ( RNDC )
- Florida ( RNDC )
- Georgia ( RNDC )
- New Jersey ( Opici Family Distributing )
- New York ( Opici Family Distributing )
- Pennsylvania ( The Wine Merchant )
- Texas ( RNDC )
International:
- Belgium ( Top Courtage )
- Bulgaria ( Cartel Ltd )
- Canada - Alberta ( Marram Fine Wines )
- Canada - British Columbia ( Appellation Wine Marketing )
- Canada - Ontario ( Profile Wine Group )
- Canada - Quebec ( Blanc Ou Rouge )
- China ( Wiki Wine )
- Czech Republic ( 8Wines )
- Denmark ( Otto Suenson & Co. )
- France ( Vins Duvernay )
- Germany ( Movenpick Wein Deutschland )
- Hong Kong ( Telford )
- India ( Mohan Brothers )
- Indonesia ( Pasifik Mulia )
- Japan ( Nakagawa Wine Co. )
- Luxembourg ( Caves Wengler )
- Mexico ( Baja Wines )
- Netherlands ( Hosman Vins Wijnimporteurs )
- Norway ( California House AS )
- Poland ( Mielzynski Sp Z.O.O. )
- Puerto Rico ( V.Suarez & Co., Inc. )
- South Korea ( Chiko Vino / Cosmo )
- Sweden ( Skrubbes Wines AB )
- Switzerland ( Movenpick Wein Schweiz )
- Taiwan ( Creation Wines )
- Thailand ( Lovely Fine Wines )
- Turkey ( ADCO Gida/ Kemer Gida )
- United Kingdom ( Humble Grape )
- Vietnam ( Les Celliers d'asie )
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